“Humility is the prize of the leaf-world. Vain-glory is the bane of us, the humans.”
Mary Oliver
Leaf-world
Monte Stevens
Retired. Having fun with photography. Journal daily. Meditate daily. Learning haiku/poetry. Have a love for fountain pens.
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4 Comments
Earl
What a lovely rust color in those leaves, Monte. As I read the quote the word “bane” struck me as a word rarely used anymore but one that I like, not for its meaning but just for the sound of it, “It was the bane of me.” Sounds nobler somehow. 😉
Take care!
Monte Stevens
Bane = something that destroys or ruins us. Could be an appropriate word for our world today. And, yes it does sound nobler. Thanks, my friend!
Tom Dills
Bane – I think of it’s use as in “the bane of our existence.” Good word that I had forgotten about!
Monte Stevens
So, we all agree, bane is a kool word to start using. 😁